Cloud storage for documentary filmmakers
Keep decades of rushes safe, revisit old footage without shipping drives.
Documentary archives grow across many years
A feature documentary shot over five years produces 20 to 50 TB of rushes. Keeping that on external drives means constant risk of failure, and re-accessing old footage takes hours of drive hunting.
Long-term archive with fast retrieval
Sanbila Enterprise holds 25 TB with per-TB overage, all on Cloudflare R2 with Backblaze B2 backup. SHA-256 integrity protects every rush. Smart Relink stream gives you selective retrieval for re-cutting old scenes without pulling the entire archive.
Long-term reliable storage
R2 plus B2 dual redundancy, SHA-256 checksummed, no bit rot.
Selective retrieval
Smart Relink streams only the clips you need for a re-cut, not the entire archive.
Archive old projects
Move completed projects to Archive state in Sanbila, keep them accessible anytime.
Enterprise overage
Scale beyond 25 TB at $20 per TB per month when your decade of rushes needs more.
Sanbila by the numbers
Real specs from the live Sanbila product, not marketing claims.
Frequently asked questions
How is Sanbila different from the proxy generator built into my NLE?+
Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Avid all generate proxies locally, but they keep the original full-resolution files on the same SSD — so the disk fills up twice. Sanbila stores the originals in the cloud (Cloudflare R2) and keeps only the lightweight proxies on your machine. At export, Smart Relink streams the originals back via a local WebDAV mount, so you finish at full quality without ever downloading the source files.
Does Sanbila work offline?+
Yes for editing — once a proxy is cached on your SSD, you can cut, trim, color and arrange your timeline without an internet connection. You only need network access for the initial import (uploading originals to the cloud) and for the final export (streaming originals back via WebDAV).
How much cloud storage does the free plan include?+
The free plan includes 5 GB of cloud storage and one project, with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $49 per month for 2 TB and 50 projects, going up to 25 TB on the Enterprise plan with overage billing for teams that need more.
What upload speed do I need to use Sanbila?+
Any broadband connection works for the initial upload — Sanbila chunks files into 50 MB parts and uploads in parallel, so a typical 100 Mbps fiber line uploads 1 hour of 4K H.264 footage in about 6 minutes. After upload, day-to-day editing happens on local proxies, so your connection speed only matters again at export time when originals are streamed.
Which video formats does Sanbila support?+
Sanbila handles 22+ formats out of the box: MP4, MOV, MXF, R3D (RED RAW), BRAW (Blackmagic RAW), ARRI proxies, ProRes, DNxHR, DNxHD, H.264, H.265, plus WAV and AAC for audio. Both 4K and 8K sources are supported up to 200 GB per single file (URL imports have no size limit).
Protect decades of rushes in the cloud
Enterprise 25 TB plus overage for long-form documentary archives.
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